DEGENERATION of dancing
Hating glorified everything reminiscent of freakism in dress, drama, and art, ive have now, says the “Graphic,” turned our attention to dances. Ever since the American Boston and TwoStep came to England, we have been gradually edging near and nearer to Creak dances. And now, quite unshamed wo have definitely taken them to our hearts. . . . The valse is quite forgotten. Valso tunes still flourish exceedingly, because wo must have some music to accompany our antics. But a million valse tunes will not make two valsers—out of a modern ballroom. Dancing was once known as the “graceful art/’ Where is the grace to-day ? Anything more ungraceful, awkward, oven indecent than the contortions of most modern dancers is inconceivable.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7847, 8 July 1911, Page 7
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120DEGENERATION of dancing New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7847, 8 July 1911, Page 7
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